Hurricane presents unprecedented challenges - Bush

Confronting one of the nation’s worst natural disasters, US President George Bush said rebuilding from the massive devastation of Hurricane Katrina would take years and that “the days seem awfully dark” for millions of people suffering across the devastated Gulf Coast.

The Bush administration is working to put a price tag on the federal government’s share of the recovery effort, which the president will submit in an emergency budget request to Congress in the days ahead.